Socialist Seattle Mayor Walks back Stinging Comments about Starbucks, as Fears Mount that the Coffee Giant may Pull out of the Liberal City

Seattle’s lefty Mayor Katie Wilson admitted she was wrong to slam Starbucks and push for a boycott of the mega-coffee chain birthed in the Pacific City.

Wilson, 43, issued a terse mea culpa to the New York Times this week as questions swirl about whether the liberal Northwest city can attract and retain businesses, including Starbucks, which recently chose to expand its footprint in Tennessee.

The democratic socialist made waves last fall when she joined a barista union rally as mayor-elect and expressed her disgust with one of Seattle’s most recognizable businesses.

“I am not buying Starbucks, and you should not either,” she whined in November, according to KUOW.

But several months later, Wilson appeared to walk back her statement.

“Those comments were not productive in the sense that they caused more harm than good,” she told the New York Times. (Read more from “Socialist Seattle Mayor Walks back Stinging Comments about Starbucks, as Fears Mount that the Coffee Giant may Pull out of the Liberal City” HERE)

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